Hecate
One profile-driven system for geo-referencing physical objects — a family of apps, one broker, no backend.
Hecate captures physical objects against a profile — a configurable workflow of scans and fields — places them on the map, and streams them over MQTT to a broker of your choice. Nothing about the domain is hard-coded: change the profile and the same system serves forklifts, fire extinguishers, network sockets or archaeological finds — no new build, no new app.
The only thing you need is an MQTT broker
Hecate requires no backend system. The one and only network dependency is the MQTT broker you already control — on-premise or cloud. There is no developer server, no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, and your data never touches anyone else's infrastructure.
And Hecate is not a silo application: you decide what profiles you create and what role the captured assets play in your enterprise and your operation. Because everything arrives at your broker in one uniform, self-describing envelope, any downstream system you choose — a dashboard, a historian, an ERP hand-off, a Unified Namespace — can subscribe and use the data. The apps end at the broker; the meaning is yours.
The problem it solves
Enterprises run a sprawl of single-purpose capture apps — one tool per use case, each built in isolation. The result: inconsistent data quality (every app validates differently), capture that still happens at a desk instead of where the work is, records that never say where the thing actually is, and a backend plus device management to run per tool.
Hecate replaces the sprawl with one configurable system: profiles define what to capture, validation happens at the moment of capture, every record carries its GPS position, and everything flows through the one broker you already control.
The problem in detail · How Hecate removes each pain
The apps
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Hecate Capture · iPhone & iPad
The field tool. Scans, validates and geo-references each object against the active profile, then publishes it to your broker. Works offline with a durable outbox that drains on reconnect.
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Hecate Viewer · iPhone & iPad
The live map, in your pocket and on the big screen. A pure subscriber that plots assets the moment they are published and fades them out on a timer you choose — it captures nothing and publishes nothing. One universal app; on iPad the map runs edge to edge.
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Hecate Viewer · Apple TV
The live map as a hands-off wall display — for shop floors, offices and site entrances. Pairs with the family and shows what happens, around the clock.
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Hecate Admin · iPhone & iPad
The authoring authority. Creates, validates, versions, publishes and retires the profiles the capture app consumes, and sets up the broker connection that carries them.
Also on Android
The capture app is finished for Android as well — coming to the Google Play Store at the end of 2026. It runs on ordinary Android devices and on industrial scanners like the Honeywell CT47, whose built-in scan engine Hecate drives directly.
Screenshots
Screens come from development builds. Some may show features that require a subscription or arrive in a later release — what the free tier includes today is listed under Free & Pro.
How they fit together
The admin app is the authority for profiles; the capture app is read-only on profiles and the authority for assets; the viewers are read-only on everything. All apps share one core, one wire format and one black-and-white visual language — colour comes only from each object's profile accent.
The name & the mark
Hecate is the Greek goddess of crossroads, thresholds and keys — she who stands at the boundary and holds what unlocks it. The mark is the Strophalos ("Hecate's Wheel") — a labyrinth of winding paths around a single hub: the routes through the field, and the messages converging on the broker at the centre.
For each app
| Privacy | Support | |
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| Hecate Capture | Privacy | Support |
| Hecate Viewer (iPhone & iPad) | Privacy | Support |
| Hecate Admin | Privacy | Support |
| Hecate Viewer (Apple TV) | Privacy | Support |